Third battery of Tor-M2 air defense missile system enters in service with the Belarus army 0401143

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Defence & Security News - Belraus

Saturday, January
4, 2014 01:29 PM

Third
battery of Tor-M2 air defense missile system enters in service with the
Belarus army.

The
third battery of air defense missile systems Tor-M2
was put into service by the 120th air defense missile brigade of the Western
Operative and Tactical Command of the Air Defense and Air Force of Belarus
on January 4, 2013.

The keys to the
new systems were presented by Major-General Igor Golub, Deputy Chief
of the Air Force and Air Defense of Belarus. He underlined: “With
the acquisition of the third battery we have formed a full-fledged air
defense missile division, which wields the latest armaments”.

One Tor-M2
battery comprises four vehicles. Thus, the Belarusian army has received
12 Tor-M2 vehicles so far.

The vehicles were
made in Russia using Belarusian chassis (MZKT). The chassis has earned
a good reputation. “We have already tested it in sands of [the
Russian firing range] Ashuluk. We have no complaints about the Belarusian
chassis,” noted Igor Golub. He also explained that one combat
system can fire at four airborne targets simultaneously.

In mid-December
2011, Belarus reported the delivery of the first TOR-M2E
(9K332), or SA-15D GAUNTLET, from Russia’s Almaz/Antei Design
Bureau.